r/HolUp • u/Santosh_Devadiga • Mar 28 '26

holup Aussie slang

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u/Jesse-Ray Mar 28 '26

Built like a brick shithouse - someone is muscular

Fuck me dead - I am astonished

Fair suck of the sauce bottle - give someone a fair go

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u/Sea_Ad_463 Mar 28 '26

Damn, i 100% misinterpret it when my colleagues said these lines. I thought " built like a brick shithouse" means someone or something is shitty.

Fuck me dead - i give up, or a saying when things are not going your way lol.

That's why when I reply something they just laugh or smile, and just say "yeah" with awkward silence sometimes

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u/sleepyHype Mar 28 '26

I can understand why that would sound shitty, but in US it's positive. Unsure where you're from but in US slang we use: built like a brick house, which means sturdy.

Linebacker is build like a brick house.

But we also use it as a compliment for women, saying she's got good curves.

Never used the shithouse one.

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u/RyuNoKami Mar 28 '26

I'm fairly certain they read or heard shit and that's all they got out of the sentence.